Space Shuttle Atlantis heads to orbit following
a liftoff from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. This is
a view from a camera mounted on the External Tank.

STS-112
Delivers S1 Truss to ISS
The STS-112 crew - Commander Jeff Ashby, Pilot Pam Melroy
and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus, Piers Sellers, David
Wolf and Fyodor Yurchikhin continued the on-orbit construction
of the International Space Station with the delivery of the
S-1 (S-One) Truss. The S1, the third piece of the station's
11-piece Integrated Truss Structure, was attached to the starboard
end of the S0 (S-Zero) Truss on Flight Day 4. The STS-112
crew performed three spacewalks to outfit and activate the
new component. The crew also transferred cargo between the
two vehicles and used the shuttle's thruster jets during two
maneuvers to raise the station's orbit.

STS-112
was also the first shuttle mission to use a camera on the
External Tank. The color video camera provided a live view
of the launch to flight controllers and NASA TV viewers.